Spade-cleaner.



L. ANDERSON.

SPADE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2a. 1915.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Linn a flnderson/ q vihwoom THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

LINUS ANDERSON, OF YOUNG, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

SPADE-CLEANER.

Application filed May 28, 1915.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LINUS ANDERSON, a citizen of Canada, residing at Young, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spade-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved spade cleaner, and it has for its object to produce a device of simple and improved construction which may be readily applied to an ordinary spade for the purpose of cleaning the blade of the same.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of simple and effective construction whereby both faces of a spade may be simultaneously scraped and cleaned from adhering dirt.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and improved device comprising scraping members which by the ordinary movement of manipulating a spade will be carried along the blade of the same for the purpose of loosening the material which is being spaded so as to permit such material to be readily thrown to the desired point.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the in vention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be restored to when desired.

In the drawing-Figure 1 is a top plan view of a spade equipped with the improved attachment. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, a part of the handle being broken away. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but partly in section. Fig. t is a detail view showing a portion of the underside of the shovel blade and related parts. Fig. 5 is a perspective View illustrating the operation of the device.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of refer ence.

The handle 15 of an ordinary spade, the blade of which is shown at 16, is provided 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Serial No. 31,047.

with a clip or clamp 17 secured detachably thereon by a bolt 18, said clamp including limbs or side members, the free ends of which are connected together by a bolt 10 on which is fulcrumed a lever 20 having at one end a handle 21.

22 and 23 designate flat metallic scraping members engaging, respectively, the upper and lower faces of the blade 16, said scraping members being terminally connected together. The top scraping member 22 is provided with an upturned flange or cross bar 24 which serves to stiffen the scraping device and on which ears or lugs 25 are riveted or otherwise secured, said lugs being pivotally connected with one end of a rod or link 27, the other end of which is pivotally connected with the lever 20.

It will be seen that by manipulating the lever 20 by the handle 21, the scraping members 22, 23 may be moved from the rearward end to the front edge of the spade blade, and vice versa, thus removing from both faces of the blade any adhering dirt.

In the use of this device, it will be understood that the attachment does not prevent the ordinary use of the spade, or the pushing of the blade into the ground by the foot of the operator. WVhen a spade full of dirt has been loosened by tilting the handle 15 in the ordinary manner, the load may be lifted by taking hold of the handle 21 at the end of the lever 20, thus enabling the load to be lifted, while at the same time the scraping members are moved forward beneath the load which is thus loosened, and which may thus be conveniently thrown to a much greater distance than would be possible in the absence of the improved cleaning attachment. It is obvious that the attachment is applicable to spades and shovels of various descriptions and that no limitation is intended in this respect.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. The combination with a spade having a handle and a blade, of a clamp secured on the handle, a lever supported by the clamp, terminally connected scraping members engaging the upper and lower faces of the blade, a cross bar connected with the scraping members, and a link connecting the cross bar with one end of the lever.

2. The combination with a spade having a handle and a blade, of a clamp secured on the handle, a lever supported by the clamp,

. terminally connected scraping members en- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature gaging the upper and lower faces of the in presence of two Witnesses. blade, the upper scraping member having an upturned flange forming a cross bar extend LINUS ANDERSON ing across the upper face of the blade, lugs Witnesses:

riveted on said cross bar, and a link con- ELIZABETH B. SCOTT,

necting the lugs With one end of the lever. ARTHUR JAs. ROBERTSON.

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